Air Force Lt. Col. Kyle Davis, left, an air mobility liaison officer from 621st Mobility Support Operations Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash., undergoes a jumpmaster personnel inspection by Army 1st Lt. Shane Small, right, prior to departing for a joint forced-entry operation during Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 11, 2021. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members participate in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces' skills, practice tactics, techniques, and procedures, improve command, control, and communication relationships develop cooperative plans and programs. Davis is from Elizabethtown, Ky. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)